Re: Failure searching forfile known to exist

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Mon 09 Jan 2017 at 00:23:47 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> Environment: Jessie with Mate DE
> Background: Doing an atypical install of SeaMonkey using the generic
> Linux version.
> 
> I could not remember where "profiles.ini" was stored. As my
> reference information was on another system, it appeared easier to
> use the search function of the file manager.

What file manager?

> I chose "file system" as starting point and entered "profiles.ini"
> in the search bar.
> No success whether logged in as a normal user or as root.
> 
> The file DOES exist.
> the complete path is
> /home/richard/.mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini
> 
> A little experimentation demonstrated that the apparent trigger was
> that the target file was in a "hidden" folder.
> As the file manager preferences were set to display hidden files and
> folders, I expected search to actually SEARCH!
> 
> Is this a bug or a "feature"?
> Is there a work-around?

Cheers,
David.